William Shenstone Quotes About Virtue

Quotes about: Virtue

• Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

  William Shenstone

  Essence, Virtue, Fragrance

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.42

• We may daily discover crowds acquire sufficient wealth to buy gentility, but very few that possess the virtues which ennoble human nature, and (in the best sense of the word) constitute a gentleman.

  William Shenstone

  Gentleman, Crowds, May

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.38

• Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed. They are sensitive plants, which will not bear too familiar approaches.

  William Shenstone

  Essence, Bears, Virtue

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.42

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